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PORT ORANGE, Fla. - A man hit his girlfriend with a 3-foot alligator and threw beer bottles at her during an argument in the couple’s mobile home, authorities said.

David Havenner, 41, was scheduled for a bond hearing Saturday on misdemeanor charges of battery and possession of an alligator.

The alligator, which Havenner had been keeping in his bathtub, was turned over to Florida wildlife officials.

Nancy Monico, 39, told investigators that Havenner beat her with his fists, then grabbed the alligator and swung it at her as she tried to escape, sheriff’s spokesman Gary Davidson said. She said the animal hit her at least once. She also told authorities that Havenner threw empty beer bottles at her, Davidson said.

Havenner’s version of the story differed. He told investigators that Monico bit his hand because she was upset that they had run out of alcohol.

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Shawn Morelan
www.SouthernBoids.com

He got real upset, and after beating her with his fists, he just grabbed it and threw it at her. Then you wonder why they want to take away all our animals!

PORT ORANGE, Fla., July 18 (UPI) -- A Florida man was arrested after he
allegedly used his pet alligator to hit his girlfriend, the BBC reported
Sunday.
David Havenner faces misdemeanor charges of battery and possession of an
alligator, police said.
Havenner's girlfriend, Nancy Monico, claimed he beat her with his fists and
then grabbed the alligator and swung it at her as she tried to escape,
officials said.
The three-foot alligator, which had been kept in a bathtub, was handed to
Florida wildlife officials.
"He threw [the alligator] at me," Monico said. "I don't think he knew what he
was doing. He was just throwing it at me."
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin